BIOS Protection Guidelines - Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

BIOS PROTECTION GUIDELINES
Acknowledgments
The authors, David Cooper, William Polk, Andrew Regenscheid, and Murugiah Souppaya of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wish to thank their colleagues who reviewed drafts of this
document and contributed to its technical content. The authors gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the
contributions from individuals and organizations that submitted comments on the public draft of this
publication. The comments and suggestions helped to improve the overall quality of the document.
In addition, the authors would also like to thank Gustavo Duarte, who created an earlier diagram of the
boot-up process that was used as the basis for Figures 1 and 2 in this document.
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